9 research outputs found
Pediatric asthma hospitalization: individual and environmental characteristics of high utilizers in South Texas
What Do Clinicians Caring for Aging Patients Need to Know About Private LongâTerm Care Insurance?
The Big Data Regulator, Rebooted: Why and How the FDA Can and Should Disclose Confidential Data on Prescription Drugs
Origins and Development of Credit-Based Crowdfunding
Although the term âcrowdfundingâ was only recently coined in 2006, the more specific category of crowdfunding known as debt crowdfunding (or credit-based crowdfunding) is built on a much older concept. It represents the latest incarnation of social lending, which has existed for centuries. This paper examines the origins and development of credit-based crowdfunding from the âfriendly societiesâ of the 18th century to the crowdsourced peer-to-peer lending platforms of today. This paper provides chronology and details about more than one hundred early debt crowdfunding sites